GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| camp | a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) |
| righteous | acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| crestfallen | having a drooping crest or hanging head |
| rail | a bar extending from one post or support to another and serving as a guard or barrier |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| unwonted | being out of the ordinary : rare |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| dais | a raised platform (as in a hall or large room) |